Cataclysta lemnata
Cataclysta lemnata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Cataclysta |
Species: | C. lemnata |
Binomial name | |
Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] | |
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Cataclysta lemnata, the small China-mark,[2] is a moth species of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe (including Great Britain and Ireland),[2] Morocco and Iran.[3]
Adults of the species are sexually dimorph.[3] The wingspan is 18–19 mm for males and 22–24 mm for females. The forewings are white. The costa, discal spot and a series of terminal spots are all fuscous. The hindwings are white with scatted pale fuscous scales.[4] The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
Larvae are semi-aquatic.[3] C. lemnata larvae have been recorded feeding on duckweed species (including Lemna spp.[3] and Spirodela polyrhiza[5]), as well as water ferns of the Azolla genus.[3] The species is known to pupate in cocoons[5] or shelters[3] built from plant material.
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- 1 2 "Small China-mark Cataclysta lemnata". UK Moths. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Farahpour-Haghani, Atousa; Hassanpour, Mahdi; Alinia, Faramarz; Nouri-Ganbalani, Gadir; Razmjou, Jabraeil; Agassiz, David (20 January 2017). "Water ferns Azolla spp. (Azollaceae) as new host plants for the small China-mark moth, Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Acentropinae)". Nota lepidopterologica. 40 (1): 1–13. ISSN 2367-5365. doi:10.3897/nl.40.10062. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .
- 1 2 Pabis, Krzysztof (2014). "Life cycle, host plants and abundance of caterpillars of the aquatic moth Cataclysta lemnata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in the post-glacial lake in central Poland" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 10 (2): 441–444. ISSN 1843-5629. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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